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Location:

Las Vegas,NV,USA

Member Since:

Jan 13, 2007

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

1600M - 5:51 (Corp Challenge 2009)

5K - 19:38 (Tule Springs Stake 2009)

10K - 42:30 (Spectrum 2008)

Half-Marathon - 1:28:23 (Fontana 2009)

Marathon - 3:29:28 (St. George 2008, Monsoon)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Train well enough to run a BQ 3:15 marathon.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Continue to train well stay healthy and enjoy running for many years to come.

Personal:

Married with 4 children ages 8-14.

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Asics 2170 Grey/Green Lifetime Miles:						448.80
Asics 2170 Grey/Green 2 Lifetime Miles:						25.10

Thu, Mar 13, 2008

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
0.00	0.00	0.00

Nothing bugs me more than missing a day of running, well I guess being injured bugs me more, that's why I missed a day of running. This darn nagging calf muscle just won't go away. I'm pretty sure it's not serious because I can still run on it without earth shattering pain but I keep thinking I better not push it or it might get worse. I don't know what this does for my chances and the Spectrum 10K this weekend, maybe it will feel better by then. I guess one thing I've learned in my short 2 year running career is it's much better to be slightly undertrained for a race than to arrive at the starting line with nagging injuries.....and it's much better to let the injuries rest sooner rather than later. So with that, we will see how it goes tomorrow.

Comments

From Clay on Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 11:27:30

Sorry to hear about the calf. Just take it easy you have along year of running ahead of you so don't push the injury.

Be Safe out there.

And how is the day time temperature down there now? I love it when it is in the middle 70's down there.

From JeffC on Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 11:43:28

Thanks Clay. It will be close to 80 today and then it will really cool down by about 20 degrees over the next couple of days. If you need a road trip to Vegas, the next couple of months is the time to do it. Beautiful weather....most of the time.

From Cal on Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 12:23:05

Missing a day 2 days out, won't hurt at all for this upcoming race.

Do you have a time goal?

From JeffC on Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 12:58:42

Thanks for checking in Cal. I wasn't referring to the Spectrum 10K race, it is just for fun anyway. I was refering to my bigger goals of Ogden and then SGM. I may take tomorrow off too just for the extra rest and more importantly, healing. My time goal would be somewhere around 41-43 minutes. Never run a 10K before so don't have a PR, this will be the race to establish it.

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